By George Parker and Lionel Barber Gordon Brown said on Wednesday the world’s leading economies were close to agreeing a global bank tax, amid hopes in Downing Street that a deal can be concluded at the G20 summit in Canada in June. Mr Brown believes that opinion has shifted decisively in favour of a globally [...]

Nov 22, 12:01 PM (ET) By TOM RAUM WASHINGTON (AP) – Suddenly the Federal Reserve is everybody’s punching bag.Strip the Fed of its bank regulation powers, some in Congress are demanding. Get probing audits of its behind-the-scenes operations, others say. The chairman of the Federal Reserve Board is always fair game for criticism and second-guessing, [...]